Archive for January 2012

The next step was to do the shading for the face, something I had not attempted with color before.
I’m not sure I’m completely happy with it, but it was my first attempt and with everything, with practice I should improve.

Next came coloring the background and hair.
I still have some work to do on the page, like adding in some text and maybe texturing the background more. But for my first page, I’m happy. I can’t wait to see what we do in the next lesson.

With my registration in Life Book 2012, I received access to at least one of Tam’s other classes. I piad a little more and picked 2 classes (ones that I been considering purchasing anyway). One of them was Fabulous Faces. The first week’s lesson was on drawing a front facing portrait. I had never attempted that (as this is really my first art courses of any sort). The eyes came out different sizes and the mouth is too big. And I’m not happy with my shading. BUT… this was my first attempt and I know that all of those things will improve with practice.

I’m very excited to be participating in Life Book 2012. For the first week’s page, we’re celebrating our Goddess Superpowers. Now part of the exercise involves drawing a 3/4 profile portrait. Now, not having had any drawing or really any art classes even in school growing up, I’m not very confident in my drawing abilities. But I followed along with the video and I’ll show you what I came up with. Now this is not the one that will end up on the page, this is my practice drawing. Drawing faces is something I really want to work on this year.